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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael Howell Date: 1 November 2022 Subjects: American Government  , Roads & Highways, Safety
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65846-65847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23718]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2022-0030]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by January 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2022-0030 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Broehm, Office of Safety 202-
366-2201 Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue,SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program.
Background: The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of the
Secretary and the Federal Highway Administration are committed to a
comprehensive strategy to address the unacceptable number of traffic
deaths and serious injuries occurring on our roads and streets. The
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 24112 aligns with the
Department's safety priority through the creation of the Safe Streets
and Roads for All Grant Program. This grant program supports local
initiatives to prevent deaths and serious injuries on roads and streets
and is intended for metropolitan planning organizations, political
subdivisions of a State, Federally recognized Tribal governments, and
multijurisdictional groups of these entities.
This program includes grant funds to develop a comprehensive safety
action plan; to conduct planning, design and development activities for
projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action
plan; or to carry out projects and strategies identified in a
comprehensive safety action plan. To receive applications for grant
funds, evaluate the effectiveness of projects that have been awarded
grant funds, and monitor project financial conditions and project
progress, a collection of information is necessary.
Eligible applicants will request Safe Streets and Roads for All
funds in the form of a grant application. Additional information
submission will be required of grant recipients during the grant
agreement, implementation, and evaluation phases.
Responding to the grant opportunity is on a voluntary-response
basis, utilizing an electronic grant platform. The grant application is
planned as a one-time information collection. DOT estimates that it
will take approximately 30 hours to complete an application for a
comprehensive safety action plan grant and approximately 110 hours to
complete an application for an implementation grant.
Respondents: Metropolitan planning organizations, political
subdivisions of a State, Federally recognized Tribal governments and
multijurisdictional groups of these entities.
Frequency: one time per grant application.
During the project management phase, the grantee will complete
quarterly progress and monitoring reports to ensure that the project
budget and schedule are maintained to the maximum extent possible, that
compliance with Federal regulations will be met, and that the project
will be
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completed with the highest degree of quality. Reporting
responsibilities include quarterly program performance reports using
the Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR) and quarterly financial status
using the SF-425 (also known as the Federal Financial Report or SF-
FFR).
Respondents: Grant recipients.
Frequency: quarterly throughout the period of performance.
During the project management phase, each grantee that expends
$750,000 or more during their own fiscal year in all Federal awards
must have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in
accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200.501. (The $750,000
threshold is not limited to Safe Streets and Roads for All funding.)
This reporting responsibility is required annually and uses a form, the
SF-SAC. It is estimated that this survey will take an average of 100
hours for large auditees and 21 hours for all other auditees to
complete, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Respondents: Grant recipients.
Frequency: annually during any fiscal year in which $750,000 or
more in any Federal funds are expended, throughout the period of
performance.
During the project evaluation phase, the reporting requirement is
necessary to assess program effectiveness for the Federal government
and to comply with Subsection 24112(g). This report provides
information regarding how the project is achieving the outcomes that
grantees have targeted to help measure the effectiveness of the Safe
Streets and Roads for All Grant Program. In addition, under Subsection
24112(h), at the end of the period of performance for a grant under the
program each grant recipient is required to submit a report that
describes the costs of each eligible project carried out using the
grant funds; the outcomes and benefits generated; the lessons learned;
and any recommendations relating to future projects or strategies.
Respondents: Grant recipients.
Frequency: one time after the period of performance ends.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
Application phase: approximately 30 hours for the
comprehensive safety action plan grants and 110 hours for the
implementation grants per respondent.
Grant Agreement phase: approximately 1 hour per respondent
(comprehensive safety action plan or implementation grant).
[cir] For grantees expending $750,000 or more of all Federal funds
in a fiscal year only:
[ssquf] Approximately 100 hours for large grantees.
[ssquf] Approximately 21 hours for all other grantees.
Project Management phase: 8 hours annually per grant.
Project Evaluation phase: 12 hours annually per
implementation grant; 2 hours annually per action plan grant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours--first year: Approximately 41
hours, including grant application, for comprehensive safety action
plan grants and approximately 131 hours, including grant application,
for implementation grants.
Subsequent years (cumulative): 10 hours for action plan grants
(expected period of performance: 2 years); 48 hours for implementation
grants (expected period of performance: 5 years); add 100 hours for
single audits for large grantees and 21 hours for all other grantees
expending $750,000 or more of Federal funds in a single fiscal year.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic
technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request
for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 CFR Chapter 1, subchapter
E, part 450.
Dated: October 27, 2022.
Michael Howell,
FHWA Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23718 Filed 10-31-22; 8:45 am]
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